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This Christmas, LEGO is moving from under the tree to on the tree! With The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book as your guide, you’ll make classic globe and barrel ornaments, all out of LEGO, as well as original gingerbread houses, a charming wreath, arcade cabinets, and many more.

Packed with step-by-step instructions for 15 charming builds, The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book is the perfect family activity this holiday season.

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No Starch Press’ latest LEGO book is adorable. The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book by Chris McVeigh contains 15 Christmas themed models in two groups. The design of the geometric hanging ornaments is really inspired. The second half has instructions for several micro-objects, like an old-school arcade machine, an tiny desktop PC, and a SLR style camera. Adorable.

Like most of the things No Starch Press does, I love this book. The photos are gorgeous and the book itself is a nice square hardback. The instructions are very clear and easy to follow. My five year old son and I easily built the gingerbread house together (pictured above, with a few color swaps). I’d say a typically eight year old could do most of the models with only minor assistance.

My only complaint, and really this goes for most of the LEGO books, is the challenge of getting the right pieces. Most models in the book require at least a couple of specialty pieces, in most cases multiples and in specific colors. The average child simply won’t have enough of these pieces to build a model. Even I (an adult with decades of LEGOS) had to substitute a few pieces for ones I didn’t have.

In short, few people have the exact pieces to build these models without specifically ordering them for the project from a website like BrickLink and BrickOwl, or the rare times that a LEGO Store’s Pick a Brick wall has what you need.

Chris McVeigh is one of my favorite LEGO artists. His designs are simple and elegant, and have always looked approachable. Now that he has published 15 of his ornament designs in book form I can see that they are both approachable and well put together. These are ornaments that could actually survive hanging for a while. The designs are simple enough to be created by kids as a family activity but attractive enough that adults would enjoy making and owning a few.

The book is beautiful to look at and as far as I can tell (not having actually completed one of the ornaments yet), has clear photo instructions. I would have rated this higher, but I spent more than an hour attempting to order the assorted Lego pieces to make some of the ornaments, and found it extremely difficult to do. For 5 ornaments, I ended up having to order from 5 different sellers, which is a bit insane for something that I had hoped would be a fun project to do with my children around the holiday time. Even if assembling is wonderful, the lack of availability of pieces has ruined the experience for me.